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My daft 12 days of Xmas - Part 3 : The Snuts

Part three of my little 12 days of Christmas: books, films, music/gigs, and it's The Snuts.

In Scotland, a snut is someone who's brought up poor from a low-class background, not from the wealthy folk, not from privilege (really, really appeals to me that)

I can't remember when we discovered them, but Alison got me tickets to see them at Rock City in Nottingham some years ago, and there we were, little Scottish guys from Lothian who'd worked as plasterers or builders got together in a band and that they were on stage at Rock City.

We saw them again at Glastonbury, then just a few weeks ago, back at Rock City again.

They're the type of guys that turn up at Glastonbury and shout at the crowd about how bands like them don't get the chance to do this, the guys that stand up on stage and tell you that they nearly gave up, that they were in a council flat in Lothian and decided to write one more song; if it wasn't any good, it wouldn't have worked and they have had to stop and they didn't.

They do a track called Somebody Loves You. It's probably my favourite.

I told Alison before we went to the gig that it was my favourite track, and I couldn't wait to hear it.

We were on the balcony at Rock City, and I had my arms around her, standing behind her. I can still remember the smell of her hair when it came on; it was a beautiful moment.

That's what music does: cement things in your mind and in your heart.

You have to watch this video; I found this unexpected while doing a bit of research to write this. I hadn't heard of the video before.

Man, it's just perfect, Absolutely perfect.

Click the video here and have a little bit of joy, and then go see The Snuts.